Higher credit ratings at or near the top of the rating scale are viewed as less of a default risk than those at the lower end of the scale. When ratings agencies downgrade the credit rating of a ...

"This one-notch downgrade on our 21-notch rating scale reflects the increase over more than a decade in government debt and interest payment ratios to levels that are significantly higher than ...

WASHINGTON, May 19 (Reuters) - Moody's downgrade of the U.S. sovereign credit rating late Friday appeared to have a modest impact on corporate bond market activity on Monday, as spreads widened ...

Instead, a two-point rating scale can reduce bias and the resulting potential financial consequences for non-White workers, researchers said. “While the objective difference, on average ...

May 17 (UPI) --Moody's Ratings downgraded U.S. debt, becoming the last of the three major credit rating agencies to move in that direction. The New York-based agency downgraded government long ...

The federal government owns around 640 million acres of public land, which equates to almost a third of all land in the U.S.

The move lowers America by one level on Moody’s 21-point rating scale. Moody’s had held the US at its highest rating since 1919. But it had first raised alarms about US fiscal risks back in ...

The one-notch downgrade on the 21-notch rating scale reflects the increase over more than a decade in government debt and interest payment ratios to levels that are significantly higher than ...

Anchoring this expanded artistic offering are large-scale installations by three of ... RISE to feel like crossing a threshold," says RISE Art Director John Connors. "The Path is the first step ...

The ratings agency today lowered the U.S. credit rating from Aaa to Aa1 on its 21-notch rating scale. Show more The ... call upon the righteous power of art, of music, of rock ’n’ roll ...

Moody’s had been a holdout in keeping U.S. sovereign debt at the highest credit rating possible, and brings the 116-year-old agency into line with its rivals. Standard & Poor’s downgraded the ...